Genre: Drama, Suspense
Talaash: The Answer Lies Within is an upcoming Indian psychological thriller film written and directed by Reema Kagti. The project is jointly produced by Excel Entertainment and Aamir Khan Productions, and features Aamir Khan, Rani Mukerji and Kareena Kapoor in pivotal roles. The soundtrack is scored by Ram Sampath along with lyrics by Javed Akhtar. Principal photography for the film occurred during March-November 2011 taking place primarily in Mumbai, Pondicherry and London. Talaash is scheduled to release on November 30, 2012

Following the release of her first film, Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. (2007), Kagti was approached and offered to direct many films by several production houses.[3] However, unable to find any films that interested her, she began working on a new script with her friend Zoya Akhtar in early 2010.[3] Speaking about it, she said, “Zoya and I thought of the story and co-wrote it. We do a lot of writing together. We are also best friends so it is fun and there is a huge comfort factor.”[3]Upon finalizing the story, she approached Aamir Khan with the script in November 2010 and he agreed to produce and star in it.[4] Since the start of pre-production, the project has faced several speculations regarding its title.[5] In November 2011, Khan confirmed that the film was titledTalaash.[5]

The principal photography for the film started in March 2011 with Khan and Mukerji in Mumbai.[9] For a scene involving Khan and Kapoor, it was reported that both the actors would shoot in a red-light district.[10] However, Kagti dismissed it and explained that it wouldn’t be safe to do so. The scene was later shot at the Leopold Cafe on Colaba Causeway.[8] The film’s second phase continued with the entire cast in Pondicherry and was completed by the end of August.[11] The final phase was expected to commence the following month in Khopoli with an underwater shot.[12] Due to visibility problems, it was cancelled and later filmed at an undisclosed water studio in London.[13] The filming was completed by November 2011 after some of the remaining shots were executed at the Bandstand Promenade.[14]

Release

Originally scheduled to release in December 2011, the film was postponed to its tentative release date of June 1, 2012.[1] On January 26, 2012, along with a digital poster of the film,Talaash’s first teaser trailer debuted in theatres to a positive response.[15] Due to Khan’s prior commitment plans with his television show, co-producer Ritesh Sidhwani announced that the film would no longer be able to release on its tentative date as per planned and would officially release on November 30.[1] Media reports claimed that the reason behind the delay was due to the similarities with Sujoy Ghosh‘s Kahaani (2012); the director, however, went on to deny the reports.[1]